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Entropy‐Based Spatial Interaction Models for Trip Distribution. 基于熵的空间相互作用模型在出行分布中的应用

2010· article· en· W1944531729 on OpenAlexfundno aff
Morton E. O’Kelly

Bibliographic record

VenueGeographical Analysis · 2010
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicTransportation Planning and Optimization
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersMcMaster University
KeywordsEntropy maximizationComputer scienceTrip distributionEntropy (arrow of time)MaximizationConstraint (computer-aided design)Principle of maximum entropyContext (archaeology)Utility maximizationOperations researchMathematical economicsEconometricsMathematical optimizationMathematicsArtificial intelligenceGeography

Abstract

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Wilson's use of entropy‐maximization techniques to derive a family of spatial interaction models was a major innovation in urban and regional modeling. The work elegantly linked methods for transportation analysis and regional economics into a unified framework. One version, the doubly constrained spatial interaction model, is closely related to the transportation problem of linear programming and other existing trip distribution techniques. This article traces some of these connections, particularly the sense in which an entropy model with an average trip length constraint can be seen as a relaxation of a least cost solution to a linear program. These ideas have renewed significance in the context of studies of simulation models for regional economies. Wilson's developments therefore provided a unifying basis for the work of very creative urban and regional modelers of that time (e.g., Alonso, Batty, Evans, Harris, Herbert, Lakshmanan, Stevens, Webber) and indicate the lasting and significant influence of his insight.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.006
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.011
Threshold uncertainty score0.032

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.006
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.002
Bibliometrics0.0010.002
Science and technology studies0.0010.002
Scholarly communication0.0020.004
Open science0.0020.002
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0100.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.286
Teacher spread0.272 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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